if we want to truly save medicare and social security, we've got to do something about it. that's what republicans have been proposing all along. we want to solve a problem once and for all. and that's why we haven't waited -- it's interesting that we're just now talking about it. but back in july, we passed legislation that would freeze the rates, deal with sequestration, make the cuts that needed to take place in spend sog we wouldn't be at this dilemma in december at this time. the president was on the campaign trail then. we thought he'd get off the campaign trail now and stop politics and start focusing on policy. >> can i ask you one last one quickly. the original across the board spending cut for sequestration was i believe $1.2 trillion. >> yes. >> in the republican proposal, you all seemed to have $200 billion as some kind of substitute. what's going to happen to the other trillion dollars in spending cuts that people expected? >> well, we believe you take care of it right now for a couple years. we're looking to not just solve this problem overall. we want to have